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A Syrian woman is welcomed by a sponsor at a community gathering welcoming with her family in Queensland, N.S., in April 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Suspending private refugee sponsorship will trap refugees in war zones and keep families apart

Biftu Yousuf, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Anna Lise Purkey, University of Waterloo; Dawit Demoz, York University, Canada, and Johanna Reynolds, York University, Canada

Refugees at risk now face longer wait times to come to Canada, and for those already here, longer periods of separation from family members abroad who remain in danger.

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